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Not allowing people of Guan to vote for MP clear gerrymandering – Alhassan Suhuyini
Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini has said the Electoral Commission’s announcement on the eve of the 7 December 2020 general elections that eligible voters in the newly-created Guan District could only take part in the presidential election in Hohoe and not the parliamentary election, since the creation of the Guan Constituency was still pending, amounted to gerrymandering, which, in his view, inured to the benefit of the governing New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary candidate for Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu.
In a statement issued on Sunday, 6 December 2020, the election management body announced for the information of the general public, “especially voters in the Buem Constituency that the 7 December 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections” would take place in the Buem Constituency as scheduled, from 7 am to 5 pm”.
He added: “Such an omission is unprecedented and may very well be an impeachable offense since it is a willful violation of the Constitution that strikes at the heart of representation.” It would be recalled that a day before the December 7 elections, the EC announced that the Guan District would take part in only the presidential election, explaining that although the Guan district has been established, a constituency is yet to be created in that regard.
“The Commission wishes to announce for the information of the public, especially voters in the Buem Constituency that the 7th December 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections will take place in the Buem Constituency as scheduled from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.